Elliott DeLine

2011 LGBT Rainbow Awards Finalist. Dean, a 22-year old female-to-male-transsexual, is no LGBT poster boy. In the third person, he tells the tale of his would-be love affair with his college roommate. “Refuse is irresistible.” -Mark Simpson, author of Saint Morrissey. “DeLine is a writer to watch.” -Out in Print Queer Book reviews.

Transgender Fiction and Nonfiction Author

Elliott DeLine (born 1988) is an independent, award-winning writer from Syracuse, NY. He is the author ofRefuse, “a witty and provocative debut novel,” (Lambda Literary Review) which won a silver medal in the 2011 LGBT Rainbow Awards for Best Bisexual/Transgender Fiction. His work has been featured in several publications, including the Modern Love essay series of The New York Times (2011) and The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard, winner of a 2012 Lambda Literary Award for Best Transgender Fiction. He is a regular blogger for Original Plumbing, the premier FTM magazine, and as of August 2013, the managing editor of Trans-Genre.net. Elliott’s newest book, I Know Very Well How I Got My Name, was praised by Kirkus Reviews as “one of the most well-written, nuanced transgender origin stories on the market today…a novella that confirms his impressive range and talent.”

My novella, I Know Very Well How I Got My Name is a finalist in the 2013 LGBT Rainbow Awards in the category of LGBT Young Adult Novels. Winners are announced in December. I also entered it in the Lambda Literary Awards in the Transgender Fiction category. The shortlist… Continue Reading »

Late spring, I traveled to San Francisco and New York City to read from my piece in The Collection for the Lambda Literary nominee readings. In June, The Collection won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Transgender Fiction. On May 4,“Art From Life,” an interview of me with Lambda Literary Review, was… Continue Reading »

Hey everybody- Wow, it looks like the last time I posted on here was April 30th! Since then, AJ has made me managing editor of this website – basically, my job is to keep it up and running. We met this summer out in Santa… Continue Reading »

Living in upstate New York, I could count the number of trans writers I have met on one hand—one hand that is missing two fingers, in fact. Ryka Aoki is among the three. Although I hadn’t heard of her at the time, I have since… Continue Reading »

Syracuse, NY—Today Elliott DeLine announces the title of his upcoming novella: ‘I Know Very Well How I Got My Name.’ It is scheduled for release May 1st 2013, online at Createspace and Amazon.com. The presale period is April 1st through 7th. (Click here to pre-order!) I Know Very Well How I… Continue Reading »